Saturday's yankee game today changed fast when the Yankees-Rays matchup was washed out and pushed to Tuesday, Sept. 22. The postponed game will open a split-admission doubleheader at 1:05 p.m. at Yankee Stadium.
That schedule move matters because the Yankees had already lost all four meetings with the Rays this season, and the Rays carried a 5 1/2-game lead in the AL East into the weekend. Friday night’s game was already played in The Bronx, and the teams were supposed to meet again Sunday at Yankee Stadium.
Sept. 22 at Yankee Stadium
The rescheduled game will be the first game of the doubleheader, not a makeup tucked into another series. That keeps the original matchup intact on the calendar and gives the clubs a fixed return date on Tuesday, Sept. 22.
For the Yankees, the delay preserves a home game against a division opponent that had handled them through the first four meetings. The first three losses came at Tampa Bay, which made the lost chance to play Saturday part of a series already tilted toward the Rays.
Tickets and rain checks
Tickets from Saturday’s postponed game will be valid for Game 1 of the doubleheader. Fans who paid for that game can also exchange those tickets for another similar regular-season game at Yankee Stadium, subject to availability, under the team’s rain-check policy.
That leaves fans with two practical paths: use the original ticket for the 1:05 p.m. makeup or trade it for another eligible date in the Bronx. The move gives ticket holders a clear answer now, instead of forcing them to wait for a separate plan later in the season.
Rays lead, Yankees wait
The weekend sequence still carries the same backdrop: the Rays had the AL East lead, and the Yankees were trying to stop a season series that had gone to Tampa Bay every time so far. Sunday’s scheduled game at Yankee Stadium sits behind the rainout in the order of events, but the bigger change is already locked in at 1:05 p.m. on Sept. 22.
